I know multiple very thin people who are out of breath after walking up one flight of stairs. Likewise, I see a lot of overweight people at the gym that can run for 30 minutes or more on a treadmill…something those thin people could not do.

Dr told my teenage daughter who swims about 70 laps 5 days a week and competes in gymnastics, that she was 1 pound away from being overweight. She wears a zero.
5’5 and 145lbs is considered overweight, but she can kick Casey Hamptons ass and run 10 miles with Willie after. Medicine needs to update this stuff.
I do see the oxymoron in that article P.G. This is a sore subject with we Burg Blog readers as you see.
Thanks for lightening up our morning coffee.

Dr told me the other day I’m still considered overweight and should drop more lbs, this after losing a very solid amount over the last 6-8 months. I’m down to a waist size close to high school, running 8-10 miles plus some lifting and this fat-a$$ doc tells me I’m still overweight. I wanted to say “Bite Me” and challenge him to a run-off. Medicine really does need to update this stuff….or I need to find more fit doc that practices what he preaches!

This is likely done using BMI stats. BMI is easy to calculate but highly inaccurate. I am considered very overweight by it although I am more in shape than almost everyone I know, it doesn’t take into account muscle.

Your blog entry is right on. A story about how being overweight causes health problems is old news and makes heavy people feel bad.

The only reason this story is written is to convey the message that being overweight is ok in some cases to appease all of us fat people. Feels good to rationalize our bad eating habits if we can run a mile doesn’t it. Still we are only fooling ourselves. Don’t beat yourselves up but make an effort to get moving and to eat better is what the message SHOULD be.

I haven’t actually read the story, which is probably full of “YOU SHOULD STILL FEEL GUILTY ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU EAT OR ELSE YOU WILL TURN INTO A BIG BAD FATTY” style warnings. but the fact that the story is even being reported is a step in the right direction.

Steve, stories like that get written because they are based on far more solid science than any of the fat-shaming and scare-mongering that goes on, and once in awhile it becomes too obvious to ignore.